Be sure to attend the KRIEA meeting, network, and find a mentor or a business model that is sustainable!

I would check out the utility costs, all electric, single pane windows, double glass sliding doors will make renters flee to more sustainable living.

Anyone can get lucky once with a single property but building a sustainable business where you find deals over and over takes a ton of time and money.   

@Kara HaneyThe economies capable of sustaining real growth in NC are seriously concentrated in the Research Triangle and Charlotte, which leave much of the state either depending on tourism or military bases or other niches.  

Not a sustainable business model.

It is best to have a margin of error.if you plan exceeds your target and is reliable and sustainable, then working your current job, some other job or doing something else all become options.  

All they did was pull out the dishwasher and replace the drain tube.I can't sustain this level of increased maintenance without significantly increasing the rent. 

Someone retired can live very comfortably off of that.Someone in their 20's trying to quit their job and go real estate full time is generally willing to take on massive headache properties for perceived higher yields to try to build up ongoing cash flow so that they can sustain themselves and break free from the rat race.    

I've been in numerous bidding wars on 3 and 4 unit multi-family properties in Allegheny county, and learned a lot in that time.Due to the recent challenges, and expanding my knowledge, I've opened myself to cities with high growth, sustainability, and median house prices.

A recent renting study showed that it expects the homeownership rate in the U.S. to continue to decline for at least the next 15 years, which will cause a sustained surge in the demand for rentals.As consumer demand for rentals soars, it begs the question, how will the market manage to keep up?